Terragen 3 released

Planetside has released v3 of its landscape creation and rendering software, which brings some major updates. Feature highlights include:

• Comprehensive layer and render element output
• Enhanced 3D preview
• New fast high detail Global Illumination mode
• Significantly improved population control including
  per-instance editing and color variation
• Support for FBX and other industry-standard data
  interchange formats
• Significant performance enhancements for localized cloud
  rendering
• Object mesh deformation
• Content library for organizing and quickly accessing scene
  files, objects, and textures
• Enhanced DEM format and georeferencing support
• New spherical camera
• Fast Depth of Field blur
• Linux render node
• New shaders and node features, including Vortex Shader, and
  voronoi and 4D noise

Terragen 3 software line

Terragen 3 is available in Creative and Professional editions, both of which have optional animation features. A free non-commercial version is also available.

Terragen 3 Creative allows access to core Terragen 3 technology at an entry level price for artists and hobbyists on a lower budget. Terragen 3 Creative includes improved Global Illumination, new noise-free Depth of Field, a Content Library, enhanced 3D preview with textured model display mode and improved performance, and much more.

Terragen 3 Professional is the flagship product in the Terragen 3 lineup, with the most complete feature set and a full complement of professionally-oriented tools. Building on the core Terragen 3 features in Terragen 3 Creative, Terragen 3 Professional adds render layers and elements, a Linux render node, spherical camera, FBX import/export,  accelerated cloud rendering options, and more. Terragen 3 Professional is a production-ready application, able to integrate quickly and easily into most visual effects pipelines.

To learn more about the core features of Terragen 3, visit:
http://planetside.co.uk/products/terragen3

For a complete comparison of Terragen 3 products, visit: http://planetside.co.uk/products/tg3-product-comparison